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May I Come In?

May I Come In?
by Marsha Diane Arnold (Author) and Jennie Poh (Illustrator)

Booktalk: When thunder roars and lightning flashes, Raccoon is afraid to be alone in his home. So he hurries out to see if any of his neighbors in Thistle Hollow have room to spare for a friend in need. When Raccoon knocks on the doors of Possum, Quail, and Woodchuck, he is turned away. But then Raccoon spies a bright light in the storm. Will this next neighbor open up her house and heart to Raccoon?

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Alexander Graham Bell Answers the Call


Alexander Graham Bell Answers the Call
by Mary Ann Fraser (Author / Illustrator)

Booktalk: Well before Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, Aleck (as his family called him) was a curious boy, interested in how and why he was able to hear the world all around him. His father was a speech therapist who invented the Visible Alphabet and his mother was hearing impaired, which only made Aleck even more fascinated by sound vibration and modes of communication. Driven by curiosity and an eagerness to help others, Aleck became a teacher for the deaf. His eventual invention of the telephone (as shown in this picture book biography) proved that he never stopped thinking big or experimenting with sound.

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